A Shared Responsibility: Protecting Consumer Health Data Privacy in an Increasingly Connected World

As this decade begins, Americans are increasingly apprehensive about the privacy of their personal information. Nowhere is this issue more important than in regard to health data, a type of information that can contain extremely personal details about an individual.

Enacted in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the primary law that protects health data in the United States. But HIPAA was adopted in a world where most health data was held either by or on behalf of traditional healthcare providers or health plans.

 

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